European Respiratory Topic

Volume 4 Number 2

December 1998
CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Corticosteroids treatment and osteoporosis

31

TOPICS

Effects of age on sleep apnoea

33

Bronchial infections in severe COPD exacerbations

34

Comparison of outcome measures for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an outpatient setting

35

Home treatment of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

36

High survival rate in patients with ARDS managed with advanced treatment including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

37

Cross-sectional investigation of the effects of inhaled corticosteroids on bone density and bone metabolism in patients with asthma

38

Randomized controlled trial of inhaled corticosteroids (fluticasone propionate) in cystic fibrosis

39

Reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance with long-term epoprostenol (prostacyclin) in primary pulmonary hypertension

40

Subtherapeutic serum drug levels are frequent in failures of directly observed treatment of tuberculosis

41

Underreading of tuberculin test (Mantoux) reactions by health professionals is frequent

42

Outbreak of multidrug-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteraemia among unvaccinated nursing home residents

43

Impact of invasive and noninvasive quantitative culture sampling on outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia. A pilot study

44

An alternative to nicotine replacement therapy in highly dependent nondepressed smokers: sustained-release bupropion?

45

Switching from cigarettes to pipes and cigars: an acceptable harm reduction ofr dependent smokers?

46

The risk of diagnosis of cancer after primary deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism

47

Nonoccupational exposure to chrysotile asbestos and the risk of lung cancer

48

Health service accessibility and deaths from asthma in 401 local authority districts in England and Wales, 1988-1992

49

Relation between preoperative inspiratory lung resistance and the outcome of lung volume-reduction surgery for emphysema

50

CASE REPORTS

Lung resection 27 yrs after occupational foreign body inhalation

51-52

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis. Favourable effect of oral corticosteroids in two females aged 16 and 55 yrs

53-57

HOW TO USE THIS ISSUE

Members of the editorial board have selected papers for their topicality from a wide range of journals and prepared the editorial comment. To read quickly through the issue, read the editorial comments highlighted on each page, assisted by the important messages. For a complete appraisal of individual papers then of course read the whole page.

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